- CEO
- Mohammed Salah Al-Ayoub
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Address
- Kuwait City Kuwait
- IPO Date
- May 22, 2002
- Business
- Gulf Investment House KSCC is a Kuwait-based Sharia-compliant financial services and investment company engaged in direct investment, asset management, real estate investment, and corporate advisory activities. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait, the company operates across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the wider Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and North America, catering to sovereign institutions, corporate entities, and high-net-worth individual clients. The company manages its operations through specialized business divisions encompassing Asset Management, Direct Investment and Private Equity, Real Estate, and Corporate Finance and Advisory.
The company's core products and services include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management; Islamic mutual funds and equity funds; Sharia-compliant liquidity and treasury management solutions; direct equity investments, venture capital allocations, and buyout financing targeting healthcare, education, financial services, industrial manufacturing, and logistics sectors; real estate development financing, commercial property acquisition, income-generating residential asset management, and property syndication; Islamic structured financing facilities, including Murabaha, Ijara, and Sukuk issuance and placement; and corporate advisory solutions, comprising mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory, financial restructuring, debt syndication, valuation, and capital raising consultancy.
In recent developments, Gulf Investment House KSCC has implemented comprehensive corporate restructuring and balance sheet optimization programs to settle legacy debt obligations and eliminate accumulated liabilities. The company has actively divested non-core assets to reallocate capital into high-yield, income-generating real estate assets and direct investments, with targeted regional expansion into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, the company has updated its operational frameworks to align with updated Kuwait Capital Markets Authority (CMA) regulatory standards, restructured key subsidiary operations, and broadened its fee-generating third-party asset management offerings to enhance recurring revenue stability.